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[jaapz]

I'm trying to get more experience on compiling programs, and i thought the only way to get that experience is by compiling programs xD

Now, i'm trying to get midori (a webkit based browser) compiled, but haven't succeeded yet. It says it needs the program msgfmt, which apparently isnt installed. I found out its part of the gettext package, but when i install the gettext package that is in the repos, and i try to compile midori again, it still says it needs msgfmt.

And then when i try to compile gettext 0.17, it says i dont have gcc, while i have installed gcc via the petget package manager...

Im STUCK!

EDIT: forgot to say, im using the latest upup

[technosaurus]

you also likely need the DEV package (if not you can compile from source)

[jaapz]

I'm a bit further now, which gives me hope
I installed the jaunty package for gettext, and the message about msgfmt doesnt show up anymore, but now it says i need gettext-devel. I am atm searching for that package.

[jaapz]

Hmm now the installation stalls at "Checking for header locale.h" And it gives a traceback, but im not able to copy the traceback from urxvt...